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CTSA-USCIITG interest group: Critical Illness and Injury

This fall the National Center for Research Resources announced the formation of the CTSA-USCIITG Critical Illness and Injury Scientific Interest Group as a new collaborative opportunity for CTSA consortium members that will leverage the expertise of the U.S. Critical Illness and Injury Trials Group. The new group will couple the…

CTSA interest group: Women in Clinical and Translational Research

This fall the National Center for Research Resources announced the development of the CTSA Women in Clinical and Translational Research Interest Group. The group will address the “leaky pipeline” problem of women in biomedical research, focusing on issues related to sustainability (retention; advancement, promotion and tenure) and mentoring.

CTSI KL2 Scholar Carmen Rodriguez receives $1 million grant to continue research

Carmen Rodriguez, Ph.D., A.R.N.P., has received a $1 million grant from the Phase 2 Small Business Innovation Research program of the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of Deafness and Communication Disorders to support the development of “GatorVoice,” a device to help suddenly speechless hospital patients communicate…

Teaching tips to interest kids in science

Thanks to all the UF and CTSI-affiliated faculty and staff who share their expertise and open their labs for the Florida high school teachers participating in the UF Center for Precollegiate Education and Training‘s Biomedical Explorations: Bench to Bedside program. Video by…

NSF Innovation Corps will help universities bring scientific advances to market

A public-private partnership, the National Science Foundation Innovation Corps will identify NSF-funded researchers who will receive additional support – in the form of mentoring and funding – to help determine the readiness to transition technology developed by previously-funded or currently-funded NSF projects. The outcome of I-Corps projects will be…